Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 謡

謡

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Meaning

 noh-chant, recitation

Pronunciation

 YŌ
utai, utau

Explanation

 Left: word 言, right: var. of shake/swing/rock 揺 (Two hand 扌,爫 reach out for a swinging/shaking can 缶.)

Mnemonic

Words are swinging in Noh chant.

Radicals

言 word, speech(Sound waves above the opened mouth 口 symbolize the spoken word.)
爫 grap downwards(The radical notsu shows a hand which is reaching downwards.)
缶 container, can
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Vocabulary

民謡 みんよう folk song/popular song
歌謡 かよう song, ballad
童謡 どうよう children's song, nursery rhyme

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